From Pokémon to The International, Dota 2

At 13 minutes, the Dire's two supports, along with Invoker, initiated a smoke gank in the main jungle and encountered a Spirit Breaker. Invoker executed a series of fluid moves, including Cold Strike, Eul's Scepter, Meteor, and Meteor Hammer, to take down the Spirit Breaker.

At 16 minutes, the King of Games led Tiny into the Radiant triangle area to gank, and caught a Dark Seer farming Ancients there. Tiny's build was a combo knife followed by a Blink Dagger. He immediately Blinkd in, landed a full crowd control effect with Avalanche, and then threw his ultimate. The crowd control duration was very long, and the King of Games calmly followed up with Beastmaster and Blade Dance. Invoker also landed a Skyfire.

XS killed yang and received 316 gold coins + 285 gold coins, which were split among the three heroes.

"Although Xiao Xiao killed someone, it seems he might not be able to escape. Bai Niu has already charged at him, and Tianhui's people are also at their own outpost."

The narrator saw a small, dangerous situation from God's perspective.

"White Bull charged at Tiny next to the Mysterious Merchant, and Prophet flew over to follow up with damage, using Sprout to trap him. Luckily, Tiny had Quelling Blade to escape. Meanwhile, Hundred Plays King arrived in time and used his escape skill to put Tiny into a chest, also giving him a Powerful Water. After White Bull's ultimate hit Tiny, he lost control. Can Drow Ranger kill him with a volley of arrows from a distance? It seems like the damage output isn't enough."

With the help of his teammates, Tiny successfully escaped.

I'm getting closer. Can I touch this prophet?

Gu Ran's Karl walked over from his own main jungle. He had been observing the battlefield situation and now directly pinged the enemy Prophet. His position was relatively forward and he didn't seem to realize the danger.

"Tiny didn't leave. He immediately used Blink Dagger to find Prophet and used Avalanche! Hundred Plays King followed up with Beastmaster, Batrider came over and used his ultimate to pull Prophet in, and Invoker even gave him a Meteor! Prophet didn't expect the enemy to launch a counterattack. His teammates had all left, but he hadn't retreated in time. He might have been standing in the trees thinking about where to fly when he was suddenly thrown up by Tiny."

Shikamaru kills Maybe, gaining 294 gold + 324 gold which is split among the four heroes.

After securing the kill, the Dire team destroyed the Radiant's top tower, gaining an economic lead of 1k over the Radiant.

"After the Dire destroyed three of the enemy's Tier 1 towers, pushing lanes became much easier. We saw that the bottom lane creep wave was pushed to the vicinity of the portal again. The Witch Doctor wanted to ambush his own Drow Ranger to farm the wave, but he was followed by Lycan's wolves in the main jungle. The Dire players all came over. There were Lycan's summons on the right, and the bottom was blocked by the Spectral Wheel of the Hundred Tricks. If he took two steps to the left, he would be hit by Tiny's Blink Dagger and Avalanche. This Witch Doctor really had nowhere to run."

Huaqiang killed qyqx and received 310 gold coins + 159 gold coins, which were split among the three heroes.

qyqx's reign of dominance has come to an end.

"After this wave, the Dire team has a 2k gold lead, but gold isn't the most crucial factor. The most crucial factor is that the Dire team has started to focus on lane control. Their Lycan has summons, and Invoker also has summons. They constantly use summons to push the lane and provoke information about the Radiant team, thus creating opportunities to kill Radiant players. This is exactly the playstyle of the strong European teams we mentioned at the beginning."

Commentator freeagain nodded repeatedly, clearly appreciating this trendy playing style.

"The bottom lane just killed the Witch Doctor and revealed that Drow Ranger was in the bottom lane. The top lane Invoker was hiding in the woods and saw a Prophet. He skillfully used Cold Snap, Meteor, and Meteor Hammer. Unfortunately, the Prophet was hiding next to him."

But Invoker reacted quickly, immediately switching to Ghost Walk as soon as he saw the White Bull charging towards him. Tiny teleported to the second tower the moment the Prophet was hit by Cyclone, arriving just in time to stop the White Bull! Avalanche! Throwing Stones! Invoker uses Ice Wall!

XS kills Kaka, earning 249 gold + 120 gold split between two heroes.

The audience cheered loudly as they watched the Nightshade achieve victory after victory.

"The game has completely fallen into the Dire's rhythm. They're pushing lanes and making the Radiant a bit dizzy. Actually, Spirit Breaker and Prophet are supposed to counter lane-pushing lineups, but the opponent isn't pushing lanes with heroes, but with wolves, fire minions, and Dominator. That's the strength of summoned units pushing lanes."

In this version, the execution of Invoker's abilities is secondary; the most important thing is understanding the minion waves, how to use the Fire Spirit to gather information about the enemy, and then coordinate with teammates to secure kills. Finally, we in the CN region will see a skilled Invoker!

freeagain's praise seems a bit over the top, but currently, CN mid laners do have relatively few Invoker signature heroes. Anyway, Mao Ge doesn't play this hero, and neither does Xiangzi. The only one who plays it well is currently on a Southeast Asian team.

"Super Saiyan Pikachu used Smoke of Deceit again, but this information was already seen by the little wolf on the Soul Stone side. Just then, they also used Smoke of Deceit to come over. Tiny found the Witch Doctor and took him down with a double kill. Batrider pulled the Spirit Breaker next to him, and Tiny followed up with a harpoon attack. The two supports on the Radiant side fell instantly."

[XS has dominated the game! And has secured a double kill!]

The Dire side secured the Aegis of Roshan and gained a 4K gold lead.

"The Radiant side is getting a bit anxious. They keep getting outnumbered by the enemy. Actually, they are not afraid of the Dire in a head-on fight, but the Dire has not engaged in a 5v5 team fight with them. It's been 20 minutes now. The Dark Seer has started with Smoke of Deceit and is heading towards the bottom right corner of the Cube from their own second tower. Two people in the top lane are using a portal to come and meet them."

"But the Dire side also used Smoke of Deceit to come over. They happened to circle around to the back of Drow Ranger. Drow Ranger saw her teammates coming and turned around to look for them. The smoke broke on both sides! A bat appeared in Drow Ranger's face, and she immediately used Hurricane Halberd to push herself forward and unleashed a volley of arrows to try and stop the bat's Blink Dagger!"

A team fight was about to break out, but XiaoDrow's initiation was a bit comical. Of course, this was also because the Radiant was eager to start the fight, and XiaoDrow just wanted to engage as soon as he saw someone, without even considering where the enemy was.

"Little Black was instantly killed by Tiny's Blink Dagger! Invoker followed up with Skyfire, and Hundred Plays followed with Wonder Wheel, Little Black died instantly! Dark Seer rushed over to use Crimson Armor, but it was too late!"

"The team fight was very chaotic. After the rabbit pulled the wall, its summoned creatures, equipped with shields, were chasing the Dire support. The Radiant support was also being chased by the Lycan's summoned creatures. It was too difficult for the supports on both sides to fight in team fights. They were being chased and killed by various summoned creatures."

Ultimately, all four supports from both the Dire and Radiant factions died. The Dire managed a 2-for-3 trade, gaining a small advantage and a 6K gold lead.

After the team fight ended, both sides did a small cleanup, and the werewolf chose to fight the Rubik's Cube alone.

[Guys, I'm solving a Rubik's Cube. The other guy might be coming over, so keep an eye on him.]

Lu Chen called for his teammates while fighting, so the Dire players moved towards the bottom right corner. Meanwhile, the Radiant and their two supports respawned and, as expected, used the smoke to move towards the Cube.

On the main stage, you can see three lines drawn on the minimap, all of which eventually point to the Rubik's Cube in the lower right corner of the map, indicating that both sides are directing each other to move closer to the Rubik's Cube.

"Can the werewolf break the Rubik's Cube? The Radiant team is almost here! White Bull is leading the charge, he's broken through the fog! He sees the werewolf! But by the time he gets there, the werewolf has already broken the Rubik's Cube, and he's headshotting the werewolf!"

[Dirty defeats Pain Cube, OldFang obtains the Magic Crystal.]

"XS's Blink Dagger landed right next to the portal, breaking through the fog of war of the three Radiant reinforcements! He was blindly searching without vision, his awareness is excellent! He landed two hits on Avalanche!"

The audience cheered the moment Tiny entered the fray with Blink Dagger. Anyone who understands team fights knows that Tiny's entry was perfect. With Aegis, he is completely fearless. The enemy cannot bypass him to help Spirit Breaker. If the Radiant chooses to focus fire on Tiny with three players, the time wasted killing Tiny will be enough for the rest of the Dire team to arrive on the battlefield.